![]() ![]() His mother Célinie Dubois (née Charbonnier) did not have a profession and mostly spent time raising the young Théodore. The family was not connected with the musical profession: his father Nicolas was a basket maker, his grandfather Jean was a schoolmaster. Life and career Early years ĭubois was born in Rosnay in Marne, a village near Reims. ![]() His books on music theory were influential, and remained in use for many years. He hoped for a career as an opera composer, but became better known for his church compositions. He continued his predecessor's strictly conservative curriculum and was forced to retire early after a scandal erupted over the faculty's attempt to rig the Prix de Rome competition to prevent the modernist Maurice Ravel from winning.Īs a composer, Dubois was seen as capable and tasteful, but not strikingly original or inspired. He became an organist and choirmaster at several well-known churches in Paris, and at the same time was a professor in the Conservatoire, teaching harmony from 1871 to 1891 and composition from 1891 to 1896, when he succeeded Ambroise Thomas as the Conservatoire's director. ![]() Dubois in 1896, the year he became director of the Paris ConservatoireĬlément François Théodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French Romantic composer, organist, and music teacher.Īfter study at the Paris Conservatoire, Dubois won France's premier musical prize, the Prix de Rome in 1861. ![]()
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